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storage management. Storage Management - Contents. Comparison of storage systems Positive characteristics Negative characteristics Benchmarking results Management integration HP Systems Insight Manager Fujitsu Siemens Computers ServerView. Dell – Positive Characteristics.

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  1. storage management

  2. Storage Management - Contents • Comparison of storage systems • Positive characteristics • Negative characteristics • Benchmarking results • Management integration • HP Systems Insight Manager • Fujitsu Siemens Computers ServerView storage management

  3. Dell – Positive Characteristics Comfortable menu navigation • Menu settings are well arranged and easy to find Secure data access via SSL • In the local network passwords are not transmitted in plaintext • Settings (e.g.: SNMP-settings) and actions can not be read from the LAN storage management

  4. Dell - Positive Characteristics Comprehensive and useful help functions • The help page provides different ways to access the content • Content based • Index based • Full text search • „Microsoft-like“ design ensures an easy and familiar handling storage management

  5. Dell - Negative Characteristics Uncomely design • Unattractive design of the web page Confusing configuration steps • Option pages are crowded and poorly presented • Pages can not be used intuitively and request a careful reading storage management

  6. Dell - Negative Characteristics Insufficient monitoring possibilities • Uncomely design of the monitoring page • E.g.: the first layer displays a failure but the second layer (details of the first layer) displays no failure No integrated user management • Role models can not be implemented (different user rights with monitoring or administration privileges) CLI can only be used with a serial connection • Setting can not be changed with the CLI over the network storage management

  7. HP MSA 20xx Family – Positive Characteristics Attractive and sophisticated design • Settings are split up in monitoring and managing sections • Working field is well arranged Various monitoring options • Failures are displayed immediately and easy to identify • Configuration explanations are well monitored • Users get many information about the configuration Role based user management • Role models can be realized storage management

  8. HP MSA 20xx Family – Positive Characteristics Performance monitoring • I/O rate and bandwidth usage are displayed for single vDisks and the whole storage system Secure data access via SSL • In the local network passwords are not transmitted in plaintext • Settings (e.g.: SNMP-settings) and actions can not be read in the LAN Configuration via CLI • Settings can be set completely via telnet and SSH storage management

  9. HP MSA 20xx Family – Negative Characteristics Incomplete help page • No search options • Missing links of many help topics on the main site • But some configuration sites feature a special help site Misleading menu design • Menu layers are not well arranged • Complex navigation in the menus storage management

  10. IBM - Positive Characteristics Storage Manager application • More than one storage system can be managed with this application • Wizards to search and add new (compatible) storage systems easily storage management

  11. IBM - Positive Characteristics Wizard based configuration • Assistant for commissioning new storage systems • Configuration is split up in different steps Comprehensive and comfortable help functions • The help page provides different ways to access the content • Content based • Index based storage management

  12. IBM - Negative Characteristics Confusing application • Options are overcrowded and not well arranged • The handling of the page is difficult • Because of missing intuitive usage the user has read the text very carefully No possibility to specify different user rights • Role models can not be implemented (different user rights with monitoring or administration privileges) storage management

  13. IBM - Negative Characteristics Poor flexibility • Because of absent web GUI to configure the storage system the application has to be installed • No working station independent configuration • No CLI for configuration No standard SNMP • HP Insight Manager or FSC ServerView integration is not possible storage management

  14. FSC FibreCAT SX8x Family - Positive Characteristics Clear and informative design • Menu is split up in monitoring and managing options • Well arranged working field Comprehensive monitoring function • Failures are well and separately displayed • User receive comprehensive and detailed information about the configuration of the system Role based user management • User rights can be set (for managing and administrative tasks) storage management

  15. FSC FibreCAT SX8x Family - Positive Characteristics Performance monitoring • I/O rate and bandwidth usage are displayed for single vDisks and the whole storage system Secure access via SSL • Passwords are transmitted securely across the LAN • Settings and activities can not be read from other users Configuration via CLI • Configurations can be set additionally via Telnet or SSH storage management

  16. FSC FibreCAT SX8x Family - Negative Characteristics Help page is incomplete • No search function • Partially missing explanations or links on the help page • Only a small help page for some configuration sites Confusing menus • Less differences between the menu layers • The identification of the current layer is difficult storage management

  17. Monitoring – HP Systems Insight Manager • The HP MSA 2000 are identified without any problems • The integration of the SX88 and other systems depends on an intense additional work • The status is displayed from the according website of the systems storage management

  18. Monitoring – FSC ServerView • Except the system of IBM all systems are identified and monitored from the ServerView web page • In addition to ServerView the StorageManager for FSC systems is also available storage management

  19. Monitoring – FSC Storage Manager • After installing the StorageManager the ServerView displays an overview of the integrated SX systems • Additionally CX systems can be monitored from the StorageManager storage management

  20. Monitoring – FSC Storage Manager • StorageManager supplies a fast status overview of the storage system • The monitoring is possible without access rights for the web interface of attached systems storage management

  21. Benchmarking - Storage Management storage management

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